Genus: Highly flattened; pellicle firm; body form constant (Kudo, 1966). Chloroplasts small, discoid, pyrenoids usually absent; most species flat and leaf-shaped; often with ridges or fins running helically or longitudinally (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Species: Cell body ovoidal or ellipsoidal, 30-50 μm long, 15-20 μm wide, cauda nearly straight or slightly curved, keel reached at the base of the cauda, striae straight, paramylon bodies disc-shaped with a hole at its center, 1-3 in number (An Illustrated Guide to Freshwater Zooplankton in Japan, 2000).

31 μm 63 μm 94 μm; x 640

Images of collecting locality: Kiyasse-Hanyu (Mitagaya Agriculture Park), Mitagaya, Hanyu city, Saitama Pref., Japan, March 4, 2006 by Y. Tsukii